The Republic of Zahrontrizzlestan is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its public floggings, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 6.798 billion Zahrontrizzlestanians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Zahrontrizzlestan City. The average income tax rate is 96.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Zahrontrizzlestanian economy, worth 933 trillion deniers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 137,331 deniers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only lightning has a chance of striking Leader twice, hit TV show 'The eXecution Factor' is a critical success, 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, and goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zahrontrizzlestan's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zahrontrizzlestan is ranked 5,549^th in the world and 8^th in Confederacy of Allied States for Lowest Crime Rates, with 113.96 law-abiding acts per hour.